by Rex Wockner
Google has officially come out in opposition to Proposition 8, the Nov. 4 ballot measure that would undo the California Supreme Court's legalization of same-sex marriage by amending the state constitution.
"It is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8," said co-founder Sergey Brin. "While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 – we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love."
Brin said Google does "not generally take a position on issues outside of our field," but that this was a special case because of Prop 8's direct effect on so many Google employees.
